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DAIRY. 



The Committee on the Dairy report ; — 



There were fifteen entries of Butter submitted to their in- 

 spection, three parcels of which the Committee considered very 

 nice ; some other parcels were very fair. 



They award premiums as follows : — 



1st premium, of $8, to parcel No. 4, belonging to Sarah L. 

 Ridgway of West Newbury. 



2d premium, of $6, to parcel No. 8, belonging to Mrs. F. 

 Stiles of Middleton. 



3d premium, of $4, to parcel No. 5, belonging to Mrs. Dean 

 Holt of Andover. 



So nearly equal were these specimens, that the Committee 

 carefully compared them before deciding their relative merits. 



There were seven entries of Cheese submitted to their in- 

 spection, neither of which the Committee thought merited the 

 fii-st premium, of $8. They therefore award premiums as 

 follows : — 



2d premium, of $6, to parcel No. 5, belonging to Mrs. C. 

 M. Moulton of West Newbury. 



3d premium, of $4, to parcel No. 2, belonging to Mary P. 

 Nelson of West Newbury. 



There is more difficulty in deciding upon the merits of Cheese 

 than upon the merits of Butter, for we have noticed that almost 

 every man has his own likes and dislikes in relation to Cheese, 

 and what one man would call very good, another might call 

 very ordinary. 



Those ladies who make good Butter and Cheese, deserve not 

 only the small premium awarded to them by this Society, but 

 also the thanks of the whole community. We wish that all of 

 our young ladies, while they are learning to play the piano, 

 would also learn to make good butter and cheese. You can 

 please yoiu- husbands better with ordinary music and sweet 

 butter, than with the sweetest music and rancid butter. 



N. AMBROSE, for the Committee. 



